Natural hazards and disasters
By: Donald Hyndman, David Hyndman
Contributors: Hyndman, David W.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Australia; Belmont, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 571
ISBN-13: 9780538737524; 9780538737531
Subjects: Environmental risk assessment; Emergency management; Natural disasters; Disasters
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Natural hazards and disasters; title: Plate tectonics and physical hazards; title: Earthquakes and their causes; title: Earthquake prediction and mitigation; title: Tsunami; title: Volcanoes: tectonic environments and eruptions; title: Volcanoes: hazards and mitigation; title: Landslides and other downslope movements; title: Sinkholes, land subsidence, and swelling soils; title: Climate change and weather related to hazards; title: Streams and flood processes; title: Floods and human interactions; title: Waves, beaches, and coastal erosion; title: Hurricanes and nor'easters; title: Thunderstorms and tornadoes; title: Wildfires; title: Impact of asteroids and comets; title: The future: where do we go from here?